Species Faorina chinensis Gray, 1851

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Species Faorina chinensis Gray, 1851

Faorina chinensis Gray, J.E. 1851. Descriptions of new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 7(13): 130-134 [132].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 42.12.23.7, China; BMNH 43.3.13.117, China; BMNH 51.3.12.66 (missing), China; BMNH 47.6.18.5 (missing), China.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Timor Sea WA; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 90-102 m

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, tropical.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1990. Atelostomatid sea urchins from Australian and New Zealand waters (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida, Neolampadoida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 282-316 figs 1-114

Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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